Russia mentioned Sunday it has once more fired its latest Kinzhal hypersonic missiles in Ukraine, destroying a gas storage web site within the nation’s south.
The Russian Protection Ministry additionally mentioned it killed greater than 100 members of Ukrainian particular forces and “overseas mercenaries” when it focused a coaching heart within the city of Ovruch in northern Ukraine with sea-based missiles.
“Kinzhal aviation missile programs with hypersonic ballistic missiles destroyed a big storage web site for fuels and lubricants of the Ukrainian armed forces close to the settlement of Kostyantynivka within the Mykolaiv area,” the Protection Ministry mentioned.
The ministry mentioned the bottom had been used for the primary provides of gas for Ukrainian armored automobiles within the nation’s south.
The Kinzhal (Dagger) hypersonic missiles have been fired from airspace over Russian-controlled Crimea, the ministry mentioned, including that Kalibr cruise missiles launched from the Caspian Sea had additionally focused the depot.
On Saturday, Russia mentioned it had used the Kinzhal hypersonic missiles to destroy an underground missile and ammunition storage web site in western Ukraine near the border with NATO member Romania.
The Ukrainian armed forces confirmed to AFP on Saturday that the depot had been focused however mentioned that they had “no data of the kind of missile.”
Russian analysts mentioned the use Friday of the Kinzhal hypersonic missiles in Deliatyn, a village within the foothills of the Carpathian mountains, was the primary fight use of such weapons on the earth.
The Russian Protection Ministry mentioned that it additionally used long-range precision weapons in opposition to different services in Ukraine on Saturday night and early Sunday.
Russian forces fired the Kalibr missiles from the Black Sea to focus on a plant within the northern metropolis of Nizhyn used to restore armored automobiles, the ministry mentioned.
